Learning Resource ExchangeInfrastructure

David Massart, EUNLRE/ASPECT Interoperability WS

Brussels – June 15, 2010

Learning Objects, Metadata, and Repositories

Learning Objects, Metadata, and Repositories

Learning Objects, Metadata, and Repositories

Learning Objects, Metadata, and Repositories

Finding Repositories

Inside the Dark Cloud

Once collected (or generated), metadata is1. Controlled2. Corrected / Completed3. Identified4. Transformed into an LRE format (CMR)5. Enriched6. Translated7. Indexed

Metadata Control (Negotiation)

Metadata Control (Negotiation)

Metadata Control (Negotiation)

Metadata Control (In Action)

Metadata Correction / Completion

LRE Metadata Format (CMR)

Metadata Lifecycle & Identity (Handle)

Metadata Enrichment

Metadata EnrichmentUser-Generated Information(Social Data)

• Bookmarks• Tags (folksonomies)• Rating ( )• “Travel well” potential

Professional Indexers

• LRE thesaurus• Curriculum mapping• Human translation• Copyright clearance

Automatic Translation of Metadata• Identifiers do not need to

be translated• Controlled vocabularies

are easy to translate (VBE)• Automatic translations of

free texts– Can be indexed as such– Need to be revised for end-

users

User-Generated Information

Next Steps

Metadata Indexation

For More Information About

• ASPECT:– http://aspect-project.org

• The LRE:– http://lre.eun.org– http://lreforschools.eun.org

• European Schoolnet:– http://www.eun.org